RESA building destroyed in fire in Fairmont
An early morning fire in Fairmont destroyed the Regional Education Service Agency building, with no injuries. The blaze started in a basement storage area and the cause is under investigation. The former Fleming School, owned by Marion County Board of Education, housed the RESA which supports 12 counties in northcentral West Virginia.
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Fairmont
Regional Education Service Agency
Northcentral
West Virginia
Mackey Ayersman
Dellinger
Fleming School
Marion County Board of Education
RESA
Kidnapping suspect approves transfer of case
CHARLESTON AP A woman accused of taking a toddler from a Chicago bus station will be moved to Chicago for preliminary hearings on federal kidnapping charges. Sheila Matthews waived hearings in Charleston but later sought transfer to Northern District of Illinois to speed the process. Matthews could face life in prison if convicted. Her boyfriend DeWallis Harris, linked to the case, is in federal custody after a parole violation and a series of events stemming from the kidnapping. Matthews’ prior crimes include a Seattle kidnapping and an attempted forgery. The transfer aims to speed resolution of the case in Chicago courts.
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Charleston
Chicago
Sheila Matthews
Matthews
California
Jasmine Anderson
Williamson
U.S
Mary Stanley
Mary Lou Newberger
Newberger
Sabrina Starr
Lenore
Stanley
Illinois
FBI
Seattle
DeWallis Harris
California Department of Corrections
Russ Heimerich
Harris
Heimerich
Chicago Sun- Times
Corrections Department
Sun- Times
Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office
Red House man linked to terrorism case
Bilal Adullah Ben Benu, 27, of Charlotte County, indicted on firearms charges and ordered held in federal custody with arraignment in Roanoke. A magistrate cited flight risk and danger to the community. He is accused of transporting AK-47 ammunition across state lines and purchasing a 9 mm pistol. Authorities tie him to the al-Fuqra linked Red House enclave.
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Richmond
Charlotte County
Roanoke
Bilal Adullah Ben Benu
Dennis W. Donhal
Benu
Maryland
Thomas Gallagher
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Red House
al-Fuqra
Canada
United States
Woman Offers Aid as Mobile Home Fire Spreads
A mobile home owned by the late mother of a woman was burning when she arrived after a blaze that began earlier. She told her uncle to stay, planned spring remodel, and neighbors offered clothes and help while Fire Chief Richard Cumbow cited a wood burning stove as a possible ignition.
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Pennington
Richard Cumbow
Southern West Virginia seeks tools to drive regional growth
West Virginia faces 21 economic incentives of which 10 unused. Satterfield calls reallocating funds to effective tolls key. Emphasizes highway construction as essential arteries for growth and regional collaboration beyond county borders. Southern WV promises stronger regionalization led by SWVRC, with Gov Wise expected to push new ideas. Re endorsements of triangle road system and pursuing state funding through a new association.
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McDowell County
Richard Browning
Wyoming
Richard Flanigan
Mercer
Satterfield
West Virginia
Virginia
R. W
Buz” Wilkinson
Bob Wise
del. Browning
SWVRC
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MEEDA
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Boone County
Danny Adkins
Omar
Independence Coal Co
Justice Mine
Uneeda
Doug Conaway
State Office of Miners Health Safety and Training
Adkins
Grant Town
Mannington
David James
Ray Shadrick
Ruby Memorial Hospital
Wboy-Tv
Shadrick
Mike Boyle
Boyle
Daly Telegraph
Bdtonline
A-1
Kimball Elementary
Daily Telegraph
St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital of
Bluefield
American Lung Association
Freedom
2-East
American Lung Association of
Education Department
St. Luke Community Hospital
Indows
Cana
VISA
Mastercard
Licen
Haves & Insured
Ted
Two-Way Radio Inc
Harper Park
Beckley
Jefferson St. Bluefield
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